Three boys discover rare T.rex fossil in North Dakota Fox News
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SteveBrusatteoftheUniversityofEdinburghdiscussestheconditionswhichledtoauniquediscoveryof113-million-year-olddinosaurtracksinTexas.
Threeboys–ages7,9and10atthetime–discoveredaT.rexbonepokingoutofthegroundwhilewanderingthroughafossil-richstretchofNorthDakotabadlands,andanupcomingfilmthissummerisgoingtofeaturetheirfind.
ThetrioannouncedtheirdiscoverypubliclyonMondayduringaZoomnewsconferenceasworkersattheDenverMuseumofNatureandSciencepreparetobeginchippingthefossiloutofitsrockcastataspecialexhibitcalled“DiscoveringTeenRex.”Twoyoungbrothersandtheircousinsaidtheywere“completelyspeechless”whentheymadetherarefindinJuly2022.
TheexhibitwillopenonJune21andwillcoincidewiththedebutofthefilm“T.REX,”whichcapturestheyoungboys’paleontologicaljourney.
ItallstartedwhenKaidenMadsenjoinedhiscousins,LiamandJessinFisher,onahikethroughastretchoflandownedbytheBureauofLandManagementaroundMarma